A'ongote (variously spelled)

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A'ongote (variously spelled) is the Native name given to Eunice Williams, a colonial New England girl captured in the 1704 Deerfield raid who was adopted into Mohawk society and remained there for the rest of her life.

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Label Occurrences
A'ongote (variously spelled) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American adoptee ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
adoptedBy Mohawk family ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people
adoptedInto Kahnawake Mohawk community ⓘ
Mohawk society ⓘ
birthDate 1696 ⓘ
birthPlace Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
capturedBy French and Native American raiders ⓘ
Mohawk warriors ⓘ
linked to: Iroquois warriors
capturedIn Raid on Deerfield (1704) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
culture Mohawk ⓘ
dateOfCapture 1704-02-29 ⓘ
deathDate 1785 ⓘ
deathPlace Kahnawake ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
ethnicity English colonist ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
family Eunice Mather Williams ⓘ
linked to: Eunice Mather

John Williams ⓘ
father John Williams ⓘ
fatherOccupation Puritan minister ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aongote ⓘ
Aonnetta ⓘ
Aonnetta Williams ⓘ
A’ongote ⓘ
Eunice A'ongote ⓘ
Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams ⓘ
Kanenstenhawi ⓘ
hasGivenName Eunice Williams ⓘ
historicalContext Queen Anne's War ⓘ
knownFor being a Deerfield captive who chose to remain with the Mohawk ⓘ
cross-cultural life between English Puritan and Mohawk Catholic worlds ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
mother Eunice Mather Williams ⓘ
linked to: Eunice Mather
notableEvent 1704 Raid on Deerfield ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
refusedReturnToBirthFamily true ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
remainedInMohawkSociety true ⓘ
residence Kahnawake, near Montreal ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke

New France ⓘ
siblingOf Stephen Williams ⓘ
spouse François-Xavier Arosen ⓘ
Mohawk man (Christian convert) ⓘ
subjectOf The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America ⓘ
scholarly studies of captivity narratives ⓘ
takenTo Canada ⓘ
Kahnawake ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
visitedBirthFamily true ⓘ
visitedDeerfield 1741 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eunice Williams → alsoKnownAs → A'ongote (variously spelled) ⓘ